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Bothwell to offer Safe Sitter class April 18
Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer a childcare education course for pre-teens on Saturday, April 18. Bothwell’s Safe Sitter class is for students in grades 6 through 8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings or babysitting. Students will learn indoor, outdoor, online and personal safety skills; child development and childcare routines,…
Read MoreLearn life-saving skills in a day; next CPR/AED class March 28
Bothwell Regional Health Center will host Community CPR/AED and First Aid courses on Saturday, March 28 at the Bothwell Education Center, located at 600 E. 14th St. The CPR/AED session runs from 8 am to 12:30 pm and covers how to administer CPR to adults, children and infants, as well as how to use an…
Read MoreBothwell Regional Health Center to offer free Stop the Bleed class
Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer a Stop the Bleed class free to the community on Friday, April 3. The goal of STOP THE BLEED® is to train and equip bystanders to use medically proven bleeding control practices to stop severe blood loss. The person next to a bleeding victim may very well be the…
Read MoreBothwell physician named to Missouri Academy of Family Physicians board
Misty Todd, MD, a family medicine physician at Bothwell Regional Health Center, has been appointed to the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Board of Directors. Dr. Todd will serve a one-year term expiring in 2027. MAFP recently announced a streamlined board structure designed to support focused governance and timely decision-making for the organization and…
Read MoreJourney to becoming a family guided by local physician
Jasmine Shepard came to Bothwell Regional Health Center looking for safe and reliable care close to home and a provider who would listen. She found all of that and more in Dr. ShiAnne Farris, a resident physician at Bothwell Family Medicine Associates. Shepard said she could tell the difference early in her visits to the…
Read MoreGrief support group beginning March 10 offers guidance for navigating loss
Bothwell Regional Health Center is offering an eight-week grief support group beginning March 10 to help people process loss in a welcoming and compassionate setting. The group meets Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the waiting room of the Bothwell Susan O’Brien Fischer Cancer Center and is facilitated by Chaplain Rob Ayers, a certified…
Read MoreProviding a pain management option without medication
Pain. Everyone experiences it in one way or another. As a family medicine physician, I am invested in improving the quality of my patients’ lives. This desire is what led me to study acupuncture as a way to treat pain without medication. Acupuncture is a treatment that uses steel needles as thin as a human…
Read MoreBothwell to offer Safe Sitter class March 7
Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer a childcare education course for pre-teens on Saturday, March 7. Bothwell’s Safe Sitter class is for students in grades 6 through 8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings or babysitting. Students will learn indoor, outdoor, online and personal safety skills; child development and childcare routines,…
Read MoreUnderstanding why the flu vaccine is important
I have had the privilege of serving as Chief Medical Officer at Bothwell Regional Health Center for the past 10 years. My medical training includes Internal Medicine as well as Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. For more than 30 years, I have also been closely involved in hospital pharmacy operations, infection prevention, patient safety and…
Read MoreNurse practitioner joins Bothwell walk-in clinics medical team
Savannah Jeffries, a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, has joined Bothwell Regional Health Center’s walk-in clinics team and will care for patients of all ages for their urgent health care needs. As a nurse practitioner, Jeffries can see patients, evaluate and treat illnesses and injuries, order and interpret labs and tests, prescribe and monitor medications and…
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